5. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,and before you were born I consecrated you;I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6. Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.”
7. But the Lord said to me,“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,declares the Lord.”
9. Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10. See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down,to destroy and to overthrow,to build and to plant.”